September 27, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingRemembering Penelope Fitzgerald: “We Can Only Hope It Keeps Going.” Philip Christensen, College Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at Suffolk County Community College, maintained a seven-year correspondence with novelist Penelope Fitzgerald, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center. Christensen recently donated the letters from their correspondence to the Ransom Center, and in this essay, he shares some of the… read more
September 23, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsKing James Bible exhibition opening at Folger Shakespeare Library will travel to the Ransom Center in the spring In the four centuries since its printing, the King James Bible has influenced much of the English-speaking world in its history and culture. In a collaboration between the Harry Ransom Center, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Bodleian Library, an exhibition has been launched that tells the little-known story of… read more
September 22, 2011, Filed Under: PhotographyPhotographer Elliott Erwitt’s archive to be housed at the Ransom Center The archive of photographer Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928), which includes more than 50,000 signed photographic prints, will be housed at the Ransom Center. Spanning more than six decades of Erwitt’s career, the archive covers not only his work for magazine, industrial, and advertising clients but also photographs that have emerged… read more
September 21, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyPhotographer Elliott Erwitt to discuss his life and work As part of the Harry Ransom Lectures, legendary Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt discusses his life and work tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. CST in Jessen Auditorium at The University of Texas at Austin. The program will be webcast live. Steve Hoelscher, Chair of the Department of American Studies at The… read more
September 21, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsMaterials on display for musical "Rappahannock County" Rappahannock County, a new musical theater piece about life during the Civil War, will be performed tonight and tomorrow night at McCullough Theater at The University of Texas at Austin. The Ricky Ian Gordon-Mark Campbell work was co-commissioned by Texas Performing Arts to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American… read more
September 20, 2011, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsCommentary Magazine Archive Donated to Ransom Center Commentary magazine has donated its archive to the Ransom Center. Founded in November 1945, just months after World War II, Commentary magazine was established to reconnect assimilated American Jews and Jewish intellectuals with the broader Jewish community and to bring the ideas of young Jewish intellectuals to a wider audience.… read more
